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To finish off my curried honey dijon roasted chicken dinner I was looking for something green. As luck would have it I had just come across a new way to enjoy greens; catalan spinach on Spain...On The Road Again. The original recipe called for spinach but I figured that it would work with pretty much any green leaf vegetable and since I have been enjoying swiss chard lately I decided to go with that. One of the things that I like about swiss chard is that it can be a little bitter and I liked the sound of adding some sweet raisins to it. This side dish is easy to make and comes together in a matter of minutes. I quite enjoyed serving the swiss chard this way. It was a really nice simple combination of flavours and textures and it went well with the rest of the meal.

Directions:1. Heat the oil in a pan.2. Add the pine nuts, raisins and swiss chard stalks and saute until the pine nuts start to brown, about 2 minutes.3. Add the swiss chard until it wilts, about 3 minutes.4. Season with salt and pepper.

That looks and sounds delicious! And I am not a fan of raisins, I am actually pretty surprised how great it sounds to me. I bet the sweetness of the raisins goes perfectly with the bitterness in the greens.

That does sound like the perfect light and flavorful accompaniment, Kevin-- and it's great it has such few ingredients, too! I might use spinach, though-- even if beets grow here for some reason some guy keeps all the chard hidden somewhere!

I just bought a BIG (think small pillow)bag of spinach from my local produce market for $3.49. I have given some away, eaten spinach salad two days in a row and made spinach florentine. I STILL have spinach left.

So I think I'll be making this with spinach instead of chard. I love the idea of adding something sweet and crunchy.

Swiss chard is my most favorite vegetables. In fact, I grow them in my vegetable garden year after year. Healthy, lots of fiber, and delicious! It is hardly need any seasoning, olive oil, pine nuts, and currant will be perfect! Delicious, Kevin!

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